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Category Archives: Acquisitions
New Acquisition
The Department of Special Collections has received this recently published booklet. Lucy London, Women Casualties of the Great War in Military Cemeteries. Volume 1: Belgium and France. (D628.W66 2016). This is the first of an expected series that will record … Continue reading
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Tagged acquisitions, Great War, history, memorials, nurses, World War I, World War One, WWI
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Christine Kermaire’s Schengen’s Kit
Special Collections has recently acquired an artist book created by Christine Kermaire. Schengen’s Kit: Rules and advices for survival of refugees at sea was inspired by Kermaire’s experiences while on a boat in Greece during the summer and fall of … Continue reading
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Tagged art book, artist book, christine kermaire, refugee, schengen's kit
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New acquisition, Jack C. Rea library of Science Fiction
The staff recently began moving in the Jack C. Rea Library of Science Fiction, approximately 81 linear feet of hard cover first editions and first bound editions of the works of Science Fiction authors from the 1930s to the 1990s. … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, literature, Popular Culture
Tagged acquisitions, Books, collections, Libraries, library, Literature, popular culture, Science Fiction
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New Acquisition (just in time for tornado season).
This week the department of Special Collections and University Archives has acquired a set of 24 cabinet card mounted photographs mostly taken in Indian and Oklahoma Territories and generally of Native American related subjects. The collection was assembled by Esther … Continue reading
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Tagged acquisitions, collections, history, Indian Territory, photographs
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New Acquisitions: YA Author and TU Grad Lindsay Smith
Special Collections has recently acquired three books written and signed by YA author and 2005 TU graduate Lindsay Smith. Sekret and Skandal are a two-part series about Soviet teenagers in the 1960s with paranormal and psychic powers recruited to work for intelligence … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, cold war, Fantasy, lindsay smith, paranormal, russia, spies, tu graduate, ussr, ya, young adult
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Daniel Teoli photography book of Bikers’ Mardi Gras
Special Collections has recently acquired a book of photographs by Daniel Teoli, a social documentarian. The book is titled Bikers’ Mardi Gras, and it features motorcycle clubs and enthusiasts celebrating Mardi Gras throughout the United States between the years 2012 and 2015. The … Continue reading
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Tagged artists books, bikers, bikers mardi gras, daniel teoli, photography, social photography
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South Vietnamese Propaganda
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war was fought between North Vietnam- supported by the Soviet … Continue reading
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I, Libertine–Fake book and literary hoax
During a recent staff meeting at McFarlin Library Special Collections and University Archives, the topic of fake books and literary hoaxes came up. The one fake book that grabbed everyone’s attention was “I, Libertine” by Frederick R. Ewing. This book … Continue reading
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Tagged acquisitions, Books, Fake book, Literary Hoax, popular culture
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